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Member Associations

(MAs): 35

Participating Member

Associations (PMAs): 35

Qualification Slots: 3.5*

*Playoff with South America

PARTICIPATING MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS

The 35 Participating Member Associations are seeded based on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking of May

2007. The seeding is as follows:

1. Mexico

2. USA

3. Costa Rica

4. Honduras

5. Panama

6. Trinidad and Tobago

7. Jamaica

8. Cuba

9. Haiti

10. Guatemala

11. Canada

12. Guyana

13. St. Vincent and the Grenadines

14. Barbados

15. Suriname

16. Bermuda

17. Antigua and Barbuda

18. St. Kitts and Nevis

19. Dominican Republic

20. El Salvador

21. Bahamas

22. Nicaragua

23. Grenada

24. St. Lucia

25. Turks and Caicos Islands

26. Netherlands Antilles

27. British Virgin Islands

28. Dominica

29. Cayman Islands

30. Puerto Rico

31. Anguilla

32. Belize

33. US Virgin Islands

34. Montserrat

35. Aruba

PRELIMINARY COMPETITION

STAGE ONE THROUGH STAGE THREE

Stage One through Stage Three function based on a three group structure that spans all three stages.

Each of the three groups is comprised of 4 sub-groups each.

STAGE ONE

The 23 PMAs ranked 13 to 35 constitute the 23 Stage One teams.

The stage consists of 12 sub-groups played as 11 home-and-away series and one bye, St. Vincent and the

Grenadines.

The winners and St. Vincent and the Grenadines advance to Stage Two and meet the highest ranked

teams in their respective groups.

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4

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PRELIMINARY DRAW INFORMATION

STAGE TWO

The 11 Stage One series winners and St. Vincent and the Grenadines will then play the remaining teams

in their respective sub-groups in Stage Two.

The 24 teams will be paired into 12 home-and-away series.

The winners advance to Stage Three.

STAGE THREE

The 12 sub-group winners from Stages One and Two will then contest Stage Three.

Teams will be grouped into 3 round-robin, home-and-away groups of 4 teams.

The group winners and runners-up advance to Stage Four.

STAGE FOUR

The three Stage Three group winners and 3 Stage Three group runners-up will contest Stage Four.

The six teams will form 1 round-robin, home-and-away group.

The top 3 teams qualify for the FIFA World CupTM.

The 4th placed team enters a home-and-away playoff with the 5th placed South American team.

PRELIMINARY DRAW

STAGE TO BE DRAWN

Stages One, Two and Three will be drawn at the Preliminary Draw in Durban, South Africa.

DRAW FORMAT

For Stages One, Two and Three, the 35 teams are divided into 6 pots based on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World

Ranking of May 2007 with the strongest teams in Pot A, the next strongest teams in Pot B and so on

though to Pot F.

o Pots A and B have 3 teams each

o Pot C has 6 teams

o Pot D has 1 team

o Pots E and F have 11 teams each

o Special Pot W will contain 11 "winner" balls for the Stage Two draw

Stage One: Teams from Pots E and F will be drawn into 11 home-and-away series.

Stage Two: The 11 Stage One winners (Pot W) and the team from Pot D will be drawn against teams

from Pots A, B, and C into 12 home-and-away series.

Stage Three: The three Stage Three groups are automatically determined by the winners of the 12 subgroups.

[panoramix]

We have a serious shot at reaching the top 6 but we need to focus on each round.

1: Nicaragua or Netherland Antilles

Our past results against Costa Rica make us the favorites to make it through this round. Our players need to practice on focusing on their game for 90 minutes. We need full concentration for 90 minutes instead of 10 minutes of brilliance and lapses of confusion.

Group Phase

Costa Rica is expected to finish in the top 2.

We must fight against Guyana and Panama to finish in the top 2. As of now we're not ready to face these teams. If we truly prepare the team tacticaly, mentaly and we allow a gel to form between the local and foreign base players, then we'll be ready to challenge the top 2 spots of this group.

We surely have the potential to reach the top 6 but we must do our homework.

Final Phase

We will never reach there without good preparation. Amelio can do the job but needs to start training now and play enough friendlies to get the players to perform to full potential. Day and night between the team that had to go through playoffs against Bermuda in the caribbean cup and the team that eventually won the cup. I beleive in Amelio despite the Gold Cup. He will not make the same mistake twice.

An organized Haitian team can cause trouble among the best of the CONCACAF. Amelio is capable but many other factors can either enhance or hinder our chances of going to Africa. I certainly beleive that we can reach this World Cup if we put in the effort. We have to go in with full confidence but the biggest mistake we could make would be to stop trying if we don't make it in 2010. Clavijo was hired 3 months prior to the World Cup 2002 Qualifiers and managed a 1:1 draw against the USA in a friendly. Amelio's team look much improved from Clavijo's team and if we give them our support, we'll finally see what our Grenadiers can do.

I love Haiti and I hope our National Team finds the support needed.

[ribertm07]

USA lucky we didn’t beat them in that game I remember 1 minute left for the game over they score the equalize goal. This was one of the best games we played vs. USA since than they never playing with us anymore I don’t why! “As you says Pano” we can do it if we all Haitian people put together to support our country not two or three months before the qualification, we should play at least 4 to 5 friendly games before we start the qualification…And we need to act fast.

Haiti is my country I love it as well, I’ll love to see Haiti go far in this qualification also qualify for South Africa 2010 this is all Haitian dream…I always said that to my friend and my family, “if I was a millionaire or a billionaire” I was gonna make the world see our football and the country differently and have more youngster playing overseas, the more International players you have the better chance for your National Team to improved this is what we need guys.

[icmnloui]

I AM DYING TO KNOW WHY WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY GAME GAMES IN PERSPECTIVE FOR THE TEAM. WHY? WHY? WHY?

we are the champions of the Caribbean ,we have all the cards playiong for us if we use them wisely. When you are the chanpion of your zone, you are favored for meaningfull friendlies. Why are we not making the most of all that?

I really have a hard time understanding what is wrong with us.Now we are waiting for a few months before our official games to get some games with some "I don't know what" clubs.

I love Haiti ,but I hate the level of short sightedness that plagues its leadership,particularly in football. Haiti has the potential to be the best team in concacaf.

but with that longstanding politics of low self-esteem we just can't leave to the true nature of what we call Haiti which is the bastion of geniouses.

why are we afraid to request a match with the big teams in south america ,europe, and Africa. I want to know why. Please help me to know why? if someone in the federation could help me I would be glad just to know why? please answer me.

It could be a money problem since the hff has not launched a campaign to collect funds for the team.

jean

[devildogg92]

you have raised a very questions, and my answer would be because it's Haiti but I truly believe nou ka fe you sezi pou 2010 I believe in our players. we just have to show our players love when we see one tell him how much we appreciate what they are doing for our country email them. show them that we are behind them 1,000,000% let them know w'll in S.A when they get there not if they get there.

go Ayitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

hooorahhhhhh